Scrap Happy Purse

So glad I finally got this finished. It screams spring-summer!

Even if the weather around here doesn't...brrr....down to 38 tonight....brrrr

I love it!

I did change up the pattern a bit, same size but added more pockets in side- custom to fit my phone, address book, keys etc., etc., and  a zipper closure; which changed the assembly and caused me a great deal of angst that I might ruin the whole thing.

I didn't. 

(whew!)

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Let's Go Pens!!

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Barb's quilt is finished and delivered.  This was the one I made for my co-worker. She's in rehab now and on the road to recovery. 

 She loved the quilt

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A customer quilt. I quilted it with a large paisley in pink thread.

Great texture.

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Modern baby quilt.  I'm still stitching the binding down on this one, perhaps will get it finished tonight while the Pens game is on.

 the back, I got the fabric at Jo Ann's thought the owls were so cute.

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Today I finished putting Urban Pods together.  I added an extra row to the width and length.  The pattern only called for a top and bottom border (2 1/2 inches) but I put a 3 inch border on each side as well. 

It measures 66 x 75

I can't wait to quilt this one.

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As soon as I got Urban Pods off the design wall, I had room to put the blocks for Urban Birthday up.  I do have to lay them out sideways since my wall is not high enough. But I just take a picture and rotate it to "see" how the fabric placement is. 

This looks pretty good, may move a couple.

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I did sew together and quilt the 2 panels for my Scrap Happy purse but they're still waiting patiently on the other wall. It's made with all the little leftovers from Urban Pods. 

I cannot wait to get this one made. 

Perhaps next week....

Weekend sewing madness (seriously)

On Saturday our guild's group met.  I was asked to lead a demo.
So I showed these adorable fabric boxes.
They are addictive and take less than an hour to make one.




 Check out the tutorial, this is why I'm always bouncing from one thing to the other too many great projects out there!

....I saw this post from Kathy a few weeks ago and thought it would be a great block for our modern group to make a donation quilt for the guild.
You can find the pattern here .
 I made a couple sample blocks but changed the block size from 9 to 12 inches.

block on left I used 'made fabric

....Yesterday, I made two Star Fling blocks and
two 'baby' blocks with the leftovers...

The triangle pieces that get cut off are too big to toss.

 When you add the 2nd square,

 because this is a floating star, you get a 2nd HST that looks like the ones in the 2nd row of the picture below.

 I cut 4 background pieces and 1 center piece same size as my  leftover HST's

the big and the 'extra' laid out for sewing together

And 

Ta-da! 

 an extra wonky cute little star block.

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On the design wall. 

On the right is Urban Birthday, using the Little Black Dress fabric line.

 On the left. is Urban Pods. I found the grey fabric that I thought I was out of.

I love the Kaffe fabric I'm using for these blocks so I'm sewing them into strips for my new spring purse.

Scrap Happy

After a morning appointment, I bought the 2nd set of purse tabs for my Scrap Happy purse.  

I explained why in my last post.

I went straight to my cutting table and put the 2nd handle on!

I immediately transferred all my stuff into it.  

It's really a perfect size. 

 I love how bright and well, happy it is. 

 It makes me smile!

I want to make another one!

Soon.

I'm gonna try to link up to Amanda Jean's finish it up Friday.